Armor Rating

Magic Resistance

Speed

Bounty

Abilities

Overview

Vanguards on the battlefield. When they hide themselves behind their shields there's no attack they can't stop.

Huge Linirean guards carrying maces and equally huge shields, Shieldbearers have a lot of HP and some of the highest armor in the game, but only when not in combat. They are simliar to the enemy Twilight Avenger from Kingdom Rush: Origins where the armor drops when blocked. Unlike Avenger, Shieldbearer has no armor while blocked by soldiers, reinforcements, or heroes, making archers and artilleries effective to them while they are blocked. Otherwise, they have high armor, making mages absolutely vital to stopping them.

Strategy

Magic towers are the preferred choice in combating these as they lack any form of magic resistance, while their slow speed allows the damaging magic towers to get a good number of hits on them.

If you must use physical-attacking towers, place goonies or a barracks near them so that they will attack the troops and lose their armor when doing so.

Bone Flingers' Walking Dead skeletons can walk down the path and force them into combat to lower their armor, while the Bonem will force them into combat when near the tower to let the bones deal full damage.

Asra's arrows can remove the armor via Quiver of Sorrow, but if they enter and exit melee they will regain all of it.

Dark Knights with the Impervious upgrade are excellent blockers against these enemies, as they can delay the Shieldbearer for an admirable time. Consider creating a choke point with high-damage towers such as the Blazing Gem and Shadow Archers to take them out without too much trouble.